Marcus Colla
Biography
Publications
Marcus Colla is Associate Professor of Modern European Political History at the University of Bergen, Norway. His research focuses on the history of modern Germany and Eastern Europe.
New chancellor, new challenges – same old Germany?
Faced with the collapse of the treasured old Atlanticist certainties, Merz’s priority will be to create unity in Europe.
The miseries of Germany’s navel-gazing
With an election on the horizon, the grim situation at home has transmuted foreign policy issues into domestic ones.
The claustrophobia of German politics
With the three-party governing coalition in tatters, this is politics in panic mode.
The God in the rubble
Germany’s struggle with morality is not only a concern of history but an animating factor in contemporary politics.
The powerlessness of the powerful
Geert Wilders’ victory might be a sign Europe’s populists are a far more diverse and supple group than their critics are willing to recognise.
Tales from the magic circle
A new book explores how post-war Europe’s waves of counterculture and activism transformed the notion of revolution.
Left behind: Sahra Wagenknecht’s new populism
Germany’s forgotten voters are finding voice in anti-mainstream parties that defy classical definitions of “left” or “right”.
Friedrich Merz and the fall of the “Berlin firewall”
To remain mainstream, Germany’s centre-right has employed all manner of tactics. Will it resort to cooperation with the populist far-right?
A new solidarity? Olaf Scholz on the future of Europe
Acknowledging the continent’s centre is “moving eastwards” marked the German chancellor’s address as visionary, of sorts.
